URGENT Call for Costume/makeup prosthetic designers
Due to my recent diagnosis of congestive heart failure I am supposed to wear an external defibrillator Life Vest. It's current design is like a backwards bra with a narrow belt bottom to space the receiving electrodes. The back panel with the defib pads is fine. Think of a heavy outer fabric to stabilize the belt and help the electrodes maintain their contact with the skin. Perhaps corset bones to hold the belt straighter. The Zoll rep is on her way over to run me through the training again but I don't think that's my problem. It's a design flaw - half of the flaw is my body shape and half of the flaw is the way the material will wear on my body. Elastics would most likely just roll like it does now. Perhaps spirit gum or latex adhesive used for makeup prosthetics could help me? Perhaps some sort of corset bone? Some sort of suspender system to hold it down? They have engineers working on the product but their focus is the electrical operation. This might seem merely cosmetic but it absolutely affects the functionality of the product. I think someone can come up with a design solution, possible patent it and then sell it to them for a profit and end up saving lives in the long run, maybe even mine! It's called the Zoll Life Vest. Check it out online and let's talk! Mary Davis
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Mary L. Davis